Saturday, 14 September 2013

Student Arrested With Cocaine At Enugu International Airport. Is ASUU responsible??

Barely few weeks after the jubilation that greeted the commencement
of international flights at the newly upgraded Akanu Ibiam
International Airport, Enugu; the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) has made its first arrest and cocaine seizure. The
suspect, Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa 32 year-old 400 Levels Fine and
Applied Arts student was apprehended during the inward screening of
passengers on an Ethiopian flight from Brazil enroute Addis-Ababa.
He was found to have ingested liquid cocaine packed inside male
condoms.
Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa with the drug
liquid cocaine in male condums ingested by Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa
The head of the NDLEA at the Enugu Airport, Mr Nsikak-Abasi Udoh
who confirmed the arrest said that the suspect excreted 25 wraps of
a liquid that tested positive for cocaine. “The suspect excreted
twenty-five (25) wraps of liquid substance. When tested with the
United Nations drug testing kit, it tested positive for cocaine weighing
1.250kg. This first arrest and seizure is exciting to us because we just
commenced operations” Nsikak-Abasi stated.
According to the suspect, “I am a 400 level student of Fine & Applied
Arts at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. I
wanted to use the half a million naira (N500,000) they promised to
pay me in developing my Art Gallery. They assured me in Brazil that
authorities will not be able to detect liquid cocaine, so I was confident.
Unfortunately, things have turned-out the other way. I regret my
involvement in drug trafficking”. Chizoba who is single hails from
Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA Ahmadu Giade expressed
satisfaction with the arrest. In his words, “the Agency accords high
priority attention to all the airports. We shall continue to up-scale our
operations at the airports and prevent drug trafficking syndicates
from using the nation’s airports”.
Giade urged members of the public to pursue legitimate businesses at
all times noting that a good name is far better than ill-gotten wealth.
The suspect will soon be charged to court.

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